Improved bird-cage



i of the cage. i This device although simple, and the common method -of attachment in-use, is defective on account of' the lia- Jonn o. .JnwnTT ANDJQHN voeToF BUFFALO, NnWYonK; sAID-voeT AssIGNs rusnrenT To SAID HEWETT. Y i

Letters Patent No. 95,116,1lated September 241, 18\"59.`

IMPRovED BIRD-GAGE.

The Schedule referred to `in these Letters Patent` and making part of the sax'ne.

We, JOHN G. JEwETT and J 012m VoGT, of the city of Buffalo, county of` Erie, and Stateof New York,

The improvements relate to the manuel' of securing "the bottom to the cage, and more particularly to that kind of cages to which the bottom issecure'd in place by means of hooks which engage over the base-band bility of the bottom to become accidentally detached,

when theV cag'e is vhandled orhung, `so as to besub-` jBCi-ed to jarring,

The nature of our invention consists- First, in the employment, in connection with these hooks, of a guard in the shape of a slide, attached to a couple of vertical wires of the cage, which slidc'esourt-A side of the upper portion of the hook, so as to prevent its `accidental disengagement.` i

" K Second, of a raised ledge, fastened to thebottom, p under the edge of the cage,vwhich so elevates the latter as to prevent the` engagement' of the hooks over the base-band until the cage is arranged so as to bring the `slides in proper position to engage with the hooks, when a notch, formedin the edge of the base-band corresponding with the ledge, permits the cage to settle and the hooks to be engaged, thereby preventing care-,p less servants from engaging the hooks over the basebaud betweenwires that are not provided with our limproved guard, .which is made to automatically descend in locking the hooks in place. "In the accompanying drawings.m

p Figure I is a view in elevation oi'. a cage, with a por-` tion of the bottom broken away, to expose the hooks which secure the' latter to the cage.

Figure II is a detached fragmentary view, showing a plan of one of the hooks secured by our-improved uard."

Figure III is a `vertical section of thesame.

Like letters` of reference designate like parts in each 'of the figures. y

l A is'the bottom of the cage;

b b, the hooks attached thereto, having an'upwardlyprojecting stem, 1 1;

C, the base-band of the cage;

d d, the vertical -wires lthereof and e, our improved guard, consisting of a small strip of metal, connecting the vertical wires between which the hooks engage with the band.

These guards are loosely attached to the wires, so that they will fall by their own g1 avity, and lock the hooks after the latter have lbeen engaged over the base? Y band.

. 'fi is the ledge, soldered or otherwise attachedto the bottom Aof the cage, and 'i' the corresponding notch in the lower edge oi' thebase-band. When the ca e is `,properly arranged, s'o as to bring the hooks4 and s ides in juxtaposition, and thenonl'y, will this notch and ledge coincide, and permit the engagement of the hooks.

The bottom being attached tothe cage by elevating the slides and engaging the hooks over the band, in

the usual manner, the slides will descend by their. own i gravity and fasten the hooks in place. y

It 'will thus be readily perceived that our improvelments not only prevent the accidental disengagement Yof the hooks, but are so arranged that the bottom cannot be attached without our improved guard automatically operating to lock the fastening.

What we claim as our invention, is- Y,

1. 4The sliding guard e, arranged and operating with the hook b, provided with stem b, substantially as hereinbefore set forth. p i

2. `In combination therewith, the ledge and notch t' and t, arranged and operating as set forth.

JNO. (l. JEWETT. y JOHN VOGT.' Witnesses:

J AY HYATT, J No. J. Bossen. 

